An electrophysiological and neuroanatomical study of the medial prefrontal cortical projection to the midbrain raphe nuclei in the rat

Neuroscience

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 95-108

  Hajos M ^a   Richards, C D ^a   Szekely A D ^b   Sharp, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

5 HT; Dorsal and median raphe nuclei; Dorsal peduncular cortex; Infralimbic cortex; Prelimbic cortex; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

CHLORAL HYDRATE; CHOLERA TOXIN; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; N [2 [4 (2 METHOXYPHENYL) 1 PIPERAZINYL]ETHYL] N (2 PYRIDYL)CYCLOHEXANECARBOXAMIDE; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LIMBIC CORTEX; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPHE NUCLEUS; RAT; WHEAT GERM;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; AUTORECEPTORS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FENCLONINE; MALE; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; PIPERAZINES; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PYRIDINES; RAPHE NUCLEI; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, SEROTONIN; RECEPTORS, SEROTONIN, 5-HT1; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN ANTAGONISTS;

EID: 0032581240     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(98)00157-2     Document Type: Article

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